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Solo: A Star Wars Story gets earlier UK release

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When you read that there’s been a release date change on Solo: A Star Wars Story, knowing the asteroid field style bumpy ride to the big-screen that Ron Howard’s movie has taken, your mind can’t help but immediately flip to the dark side. However, on this occasion there’s some good news for certain territories, which […]

Mark Hamill has confirmed that he filmed an iconic Star Wars: A New Hope scene as Luke Starkiller

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One of Star Wars’ most iconic scenes initially starred Mark Hamill with Luke’s original last name, according to the actor. A piece of fun movie trivia that many fans will be aware of is that Luke Skywalker’s original surname was Starkiller – a name that would later be used in a video game for another […]

Andy Serkis on his reaction to learning Snoke’s fate in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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One of the many curveballs thrown by director Rian Johnson in Star Wars: The Last Jedi revolved around the character of Supreme Leader Snoke, played by Andy Serkis. While the majority of fans expected to learn more about this mysterious, force-powerful villain in Episode VIII, Johnson chose instead to cut his story short when he […]

Rumoured details on Solo: A Star Wars Story director shake-up and Alden Ehrenreich being “just not good enough”

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Back in June of last year it was announced that Lucasfilm had fired The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller with just weeks of production remaining on Solo: A Star Wars Story. As you’d expect, the rumour mill soon went into overdrive, claiming that Lord and Miller’s sensibilities were out of tune with […]

Exclusive: Rian Johnson on Mark Hamill “fundamentally disagreeing” with his plans for Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Last year, Mark Hamill revealed that he “fundamentally disagreed” with all of the choices that writer-director Rian Johnson made for his character Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. even going so far as to state that the Luke we saw in the movie is “not my Luke Skywalker”. Despite his misgivings over Johnson’s […]

Luke Skywalker receives a visit from an old friend in Star Wars: The Last Jedi clip

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With just two weeks to go until the Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Lucasfilm has released a new clip which sees Luke Skywalker receiving a visit from an old friend. Check it out below, along with a featurette in which Johnson discusses the challenges Luke faces in the film. SEE ALSO: Frank Oz explains […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story international posters and “blaster free” variants

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Following yesterday’s promo art for Solo: A Star Wars Story [check it out here], a new international one sheet has arrived online for the Star Wars anthology movie along with four characters posters featuring Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), and Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke); take a look here… SEE ALSO: Jabba […]

Disney releasing remastered editions of John Williams’ first six Star Wars scores

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There may be no sign of the original movies being re-released in their pre-Special Edition form, but the official Star Wars site has announced that Disney Music Group will be marking Star Wars Day this May by releasing remastered editions of John Williams’ scores for the first six Star Wars movies, A New Hope, The […]